humanitarian relief and support
This section shares news about the Church’s humanitarian engagement, from historic international relief efforts through PWRDF (now Alongside Hope) until 2017 to later updates on domestic emergencies and reconciliation-based efforts.
May 19, 2011The Primate, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, has expressed his concern and care for people affected by forest fires in Alberta and flooding in Manitoba. In letters to the dioceses of Athabasca,…- May 5, 2011Gathered under a banner bearing Psalm 24's reminder — "The Earth is God's, and all that is in it" — about 150 people from all parts of the Earth considered…
- May 4, 2011In the busy Guatemalan city of Santa Cruz del Quiché, a Canadian Anglican priest, the Rev. Emilie Smith, leads a ministry of reconciliation known as Peace House. It is, by…
- March 11, 2011What follows is the text of a letter from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, to his colleague, Archbishop Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu, Primate of the Nippon…
- February 22, 2011In accord with a request for prayer from the Bishops of New Zealand, I ask for the prayers of our church for all affected by the 6.3 earthquake near Christchurch.…
- December 14, 2010"Preparations for eventual resettlement of South Pacific Island communities must begin now rather than later." -Pacific Conference of Churches Climate Change and Resettlement Program With these words and the actions…
- September 23, 2010For the next three years, Bishop Pie Ntukamazina of the Diocese of Bujumbura in Burundi will serve as an international partner on the Partners in Mission and Ecojustice (PMEJ) Committee…
- July 21, 2010"Hunger is not God's fault; it's our fault," said The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Bishop Mark S. Hanson at the opening press conference of the federation's Eleventh Assembly. Introducing…
- June 9, 2010"We aren't the same churches that we were 30 years ago," says the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, 26th Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church (TEC), "and for…
- June 8, 2010The Anglican Communion brings together a worldwide family of national and regional Anglican churches. It is not, "an organization or body ‘out there' which you join or not join," said…
